Curating Commercial Wine Racks for a Steakhouse in Durango Casino & Resort, Las Vegas

Reflecting Elegance and Comfort in the Most Appetizing Way

Nicco’s interior design features beautiful terrazzo tiles and custom carpeted floors with linings of wood, stone and brass, creating a uniquely contemporary style. An authentic steakhouse that also serves market-fresh seafood and premium meats, the entire restaurant was designed with a vibrant yet comfortable ambiance that engages every customers’ senses. 

Curated by executive culinarians, Nicco’s menu is brimming with fresh ingredients straight from the farm, and the finest fish and meat sourced with precision. 

Our goal then for this wine room was to create a space that was equally astounding as the restaurant’s grandeur; a commercial wine cellar that’s a treat for the senses and helps the business serve wine as fresh as its food.

Welcoming Guests with Gold-Plated Glass Doors

While an all-glass wine cellar is common and beneficial for commercial wine stores and restaurants, Nicco’s wine room has solid walls on three sides and a towering glass door on the fourth. Customers can have a glimpse of the wine cellar when they pass in front of the door, and they can go inside to see the wines up close as we made sure the room was spacious enough for people to comfortably walk about

We maintained the touches of gold reflected throughout the restaurant. Besides lining the external walls with gold plating, we also custom-made their glass door with gold-plated framing and gold-plated metal handles. 

Every time you use the door, you definitely feel that good seal, not just because of the weight of the door, but also because of its perfect fit. 

While frameless glass wine cellar doors are the ultimate modern vibe, adding framing to glass doors, especially large ones like this, further secures the dual-paned tempered glass.

Two Wine Rooms in One?

Now here’s the surprise. Nicco’s wine cellar is actually two wine cellars in one. We call them Zone 1 and Zone 2. As we’ve learned throughout the years (and as wine collectors ourselves), different wines have different optimum conditions to stay fresh. For example, reds can be preserved in a slightly higher temperature than whites. 

So for Nicco’s, we created two zones, separated by a tall, frameless glass wine room door. In the first zone (the zone immediately after the main wine cellar door), it’s 55 degrees. In the second zone, where you can find the whites like champagnes, sauvignon blancs, etc., it’s between 40-45 degrees.

Like the 1st zone, the 2nd zone also has ceiling-height custom wine racks. In there, bottles are displayed in more styles of racking compartments like metal horizontal storage racks. 

By having these two zones, Nicco’s ensures every type of wine is preserved perfectly and served in their best quality.